Now sailing in PHRF A and PHRF A3.
2009 RACING SEASON
Calendar of Events
Racing
DATE EVENT CREW
THE 2009 RACING SEASON IS OVER!

2009 RACING SEASON
Racing Results
NO. DATE EVENT RESULT COMMENTS
1 Saturday, April 18, 2009 BCYA Icebreaker 1st out of 10 Light, variable so why did we win?!
2 Tuesday, April 21, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing
(in 30 knot squalls!)
6th out of 7 This was a bruiser! Strong wind, heavy rain. We should have done better!
3 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 3rd out of 7 Missed second place by only 10 seconds and first by 45 seconds!
4 Tuesday, May 5, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing Race Cancelled Rain wasn't the problem, there was no wind.
5 Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 2nd out of 7 A good race! Just like two weeks ago, 45 seconds faster and we would have won!
6 Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 6th out of 8 We executed well but couldn't maintain boat speeed. Lots of commercial traffic!
7 Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 5th out of 8
5th in the series
12 - 20 knot wind and we blew out the red spinnaker!
8 Saturday, May 30, 2009 NPSA Double-Handed Race 1st out of 6 In light but not dead air, Greg and Bob edged out Dark Crystal by 5 sec on corrected time!
9 Tuesday, June 2, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 8th out of 9 Maybe it was the old spinnaker, but we were slow.
10 Tuesday, June 9, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing ... Race called...Big Thunderstorms
11 Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 8th out of 9 Short crew with only 5, but Steve's rookie night on foredeck went very well! Used white spinnaker.
12 Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 8th out of 9 Not even close. Jester took us off the start line and we never recovered. (Death to Jester hereafter!).
13 Saturday, June 27, 2009 PSA Overnight Race 3rd out of 8 A well done race with good, persistant crew work to keep racing for the long (38 nm) haul.
14 Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 7th out of 9 We didn't shoot ourselves in the foot, but neither did we succeed in going real fast.
15 Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 7th out of 9
8th in the series
Still lacking boat speed.
16 Saturday, June 27, 2009 Sail for Hoodlums 1st out of 2 A wild ride in brisk winds. We trounced Vulture, our only other competitor in PHRF A3
17 Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 7th out of 9 We had our own little regatta at the back of the fleet. We fended off Vulture and reeled in Jubilee.
18 Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 7th out of 9 A truly bad start (blame the driver). It was all we could do to surpass Jubilee.
19 Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 8th out of 9  
20 Tuesday, Aug 11, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 7th out of 9
8th in the series
 
21 Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing Race Cancelled Thunderstorms and rain!
22 Tuesday, Aug 25, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 5th out of 9 We were 4th until the JHU Honor Code compelled us to 5th!
RC recorded incorrect finish time for us. I reported it.
23 Tuesday, Sep 1, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 8th out of 9 Light, shifty air at the start put us behind and we never recovered.
24 Saturday, Sep 5, 2009 Annapolis Race Week - Race 1 9th out of 10 Typical ARW weather...no air, slow plodding race.
25 Saturday, Sep 5, 2009 Annapolis Race Week - Race 2 7th out of 10 They actually started this race in 3.5 kt of wind. We were five minutes late for the start. A miracle we beat anyone!
26 Sunday, Sep 6, 2009 Annapolis Race Week - Race 4
(They skipped race 3?)
6th out of 10 A great day for sailing! Winds 6-12 kt and plenty of sun.
27 Sunday, Sep 6, 2009 Annapolis Race Week - Race 5 9th out of 10 Somehow we started the last spinnaker run in touch with the fleet, but finished six minutes after the boat ahead! A mysterious hole in the wind that followed us.
28 Sunday, Sep 6, 2009 Annapolis Race Week - Race 6 4th out of 10 By far, our best race of the weekend.
29 Monday, Sep 7, 2009 Annapolis Race Week - Race 7 7th out of 10 Another good air day. We sailed well and if we could have shaved 50 seconds off our time, it would have been a fifth place.
30 Monday, Sep 7, 2009 Annapolis Race Week - Race 8 6th out of 10 An good race for us with an exciting finish.
ARW overall we were 8th out of 10
31 Tuesday, Sep 8, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 6th out of 9 Our best start and first ever to the mark as a PHRF A boat, but the freighter caused a recall!! What luck!
32 Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 7th out of 9 A good start and excellent speed to windward mark. Couldn't match up downwind.
33 Tuesday, Sep 22, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing 9th out of 9 Very light air (but no holes!). But, OUCH...our first DFL of the year
34 Tuesday, Sep 29, 2009 Tuesday Night Racing Race Committee wimped out! Just because there were gusts to 25 kt, race was cancelled. We held an ad hoc race with Dark Crystal, Trixie, and Zulu out to FSK buoy and back to C mark. We won.
35 Sunday, Oct 4, 2009 Fall Sunday Racing 3rd out of 7 Excellent sailing conditions! Sunshine, 12 to 20 kt wind.
36 Sunday, Oct 11, 2009 Fall Sunday Racing 3rd out of 6 Another very good sailing day! Sunshine, 10 kt wind.
37 Saturday, Oct 17, 2009 USS Constellation Cup 9th out of 9 Cold and rainy with beam reach winds 12-20 kts. We couldn't shake Airwaves and Dark Crystal and we owe both time! Congrats to Jubilee IV for a good win!
38 Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 Fall Sunday Racing 1st out of 1 It's still a win even if you are the only boat to show up!
39 Saturday, Oct 24, 2009 Baltimore Harbor Leukemia Cup 5th out of 7 BHLC lived up to its reputation! Strong S wind, downwind all the way. 17.2 nm in 2h 21m, average speed 7.3 kt!
40 Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 Fall Sunday Racing 4th out of 4
1st out of 9 for series
But, I was single handed! And, by showing up we won the series!
41 Sunday, Nov 8, 2009 Fall Sunday Racing 1st out of 4 Old UK sails and a shortened course. Infrared's Finnish blood must be stimulated by the cooler air and water temps, we were fast all the way!
42 Sunday, Nov 15, 2009 Fall Sunday Racing 2nd out of 4 Infrared again performed magnificantly! We would have been first but for Bob's really bad call on the jibe to the mark and Gael Force luckily finding a lifted wind lane late in the race.
43 Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 Fall Sunday Racing 3st out of 4
3rd out of 4 for series
Didn't quite replicate the speed of the previous two weeks. More of a reach this time.
 






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